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What type of noun is the word 'father' in the sentence 'Your father and I decided it was time I come to stay with you for a while?'
What type of noun is the word 'father' in the sentence 'Your father and I decided it was time I come to stay with you for a while?'
- Common noun (correct)
- Proper noun
- Not a noun
- Abstract noun
How many proper nouns are in the sentence 'He worked his way across the Atlantic to Philadelphia, thence to Jamaica, then to Mobile, and up the Saint Stevens?'
How many proper nouns are in the sentence 'He worked his way across the Atlantic to Philadelphia, thence to Jamaica, then to Mobile, and up the Saint Stevens?'
- 6
- 4
- 3
- 5 (correct)
What type of noun is the word 'Jem' in the sentence 'When he was nearly thirteen my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow?'
What type of noun is the word 'Jem' in the sentence 'When he was nearly thirteen my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow?'
- Common noun
- Abstract noun
- Collective noun
- Proper noun (correct)
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Nouns
- In the sentence "Your father and I decided it was time I come to stay with you for a while", "father" is a common noun.
- In the sentence "He worked his way across the Atlantic to Philadelphia, thence to Jamaica, then to Mobile, and up the Saint Stevens", there are four proper nouns:
- Atlantic
- Philadelphia
- Jamaica
- Saint Stevens
- In the sentence "When he was nearly thirteen my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow", "Jem" is a proper noun.
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